Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ap-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: APL-30 (no ship name assigned)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-apl-30-apl30-pkt-ap-packet-md
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[2]Shipscribe.com, 'USS APL-2 Class' auxiliary data page (transcription of official Navy vessel data), APL-30 construction and disposition rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row 30 and Disposition table row 30; class notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe auxiliary-ship construction/disposition table (transcribed from official Navy records) for APL-30: ordered ca. April 1944; builder Everett Pacific SB; keel 1944-06-01; launched 1944-09-06; in service (commissioned column) 1945-04-11; stricken 1974-06-15; disposal 1975-02-20; fate 'Sold'. Class data for the design group: 1,300 t light / 2,600 t full load; 261.2 ft oa x 49.2 ft x 8.5 ft; complement 71 + 583 troops; machinery: none (non-self-propelled); design described as standard non-self-propelled 260-ft Navy covered barges with a two-story barracks built on top.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Respected transcription site of official Navy ships' data, not the primary document itself; its 'Commission' column records the in-service date for non-commissioned craft. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, APL-30 (navsource.net/archives/09/71/7130.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-30 page: narrative, campaign table, awards display, specifications, contributed photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, APL-30 page: built 1944 at Everett, WA by Everett Pacific Shipyard and Dry Dock Co.; launched date unknown; placed in service date and location unknown; ten Vietnam War campaign credits (Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phases V, VI, VII; Tet/69 Counteroffensive; Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969; Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Vietnam Ceasefire); towed to Naval Base Subic Bay April 1972 in poor material condition (diesel generators, boilers, evaporators, boat davits specifically noted); placed out of service, date unknown; sold for scrapping 1975-02-01 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service. Specifications: 1,300 t lt / 2,600 t fl; 261 ft x 49 ft x 8.5 ft; complement 5 officers + 66 enlisted; accommodation 6 officers + 583 enlisted; three diesel-drive 100 kW 450V AC generators; Vietnam armament four .50 cal MG, two 80mm mortars, four .30 cal MG. Contributed photographs place APL-30 in dry dock with Heron (AMS-18) at Sasebo, Japan circa November 1952; at Dong Tam RVN April 1971; and at Nha Be RVN 1971-1972; OIC April 1971-April 1972 CAPT Richard J. Leonhardt USNR. Page states no DANFS history is available for APL-30.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Ship's company (~71) plus embarked boat crews and 9th Infantry Division troops berthed aboard (up to ~583 accommodation capacity)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive transcribing official records and contributed firsthand material; campaign table follows the official Navy Vietnam campaign list but NavSource omits dates (campaign dates supplied by NavalCoverMuseum mirror of the same official list); in-service/out-of-service dates expressly undocumented here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-02
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[4]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Compensation & Pension Service), 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' - mirrored copies at tf116.org (Vietnam_Ship_List.pdf) and centrecountypa.gov (as of 1 Jan 2012); original list published at publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/shiplist (now retired; folded into VA M21-1 adjudication manual) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Category I section, entry 'Barracks Barge (APL-30) - Operated primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways'
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs adjudication instrument 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' lists 'Barracks Barge (APL-30)' in Category I - vessels that operated primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways; under 38 CFR 3.307(a)(6)(iii) all veterans who served aboard are eligible for the Agent Orange herbicide-exposure presumption. APL-30 appears on the maintained list across versions (e.g., alphabetized list as of 1 Jan 2012; 2017 mirror), having been added in a VA list update distributed to veterans service organizations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1962-1975 (VA presumption window); list maintained 2010s-present
- Population
- Navy veterans who served aboard APL-30 in Vietnam
- Limitations
- Federal adjudication instrument confirming in-country inland-waterway service for this hull. Concerns herbicide (Agent Orange) exposure presumption only - it is NOT an asbestos instrument and says nothing about asbestos aboard the craft. Cited from mirror copies because the VA's original publichealth.va.gov list URL is retired; text identical across mirrors.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-03
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (archives.gov finding aid, ship-number ordering) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number sequence, entry 'APL-30 4/11/1945 7/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (list of ship logbooks held by the National Archives) lists logbooks for APL-30 covering 1945-04-11 through 1945-07-31 - independently corroborating the April 11, 1945 in-service date given by Shipscribe/NavalCoverMuseum and establishing that WWII-era logs for this hull exist in NARA custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-04-11 to 1945-07-31
- Limitations
- Finding-aid coverage entry only - the logbooks themselves were not examined; contents may include machinery/material notes but that is unverified. SL-44 covers the 1945 period only; Vietnam-era (1968-1972) deck logs are in the separate RG 24 deck-log series and were not confirmed in the digitized catalog. No asbestos content in the finding aid.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-04
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[6]Mobile Riverine Force Association, 'APL-30' unit page (mrfa.org) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- MRFA APL-30 page, 'Barracks Barge with a Combat Role' description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Mobile Riverine Force Association firsthand-derived description of APL-30 in Vietnam service: a non-self-propelled Navy barge with two boilers for steam and hot water, evaporators producing over 24,000 gallons of drinking water daily, two generators for electricity and air conditioning, plus a minor surgery ward and sick bay; the craft served Task Force 117 as a floating barracks ('hotel') for riverine boat crews and Army 9th Infantry Division (Riverine Infantry) soldiers of the Mobile Riverine Force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1968-1972 (Vietnam service)
- Population
- APL-30 crew and embarked MRF/9th ID personnel berthed aboard
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association publication derived from firsthand service (the NavSource photo contributor, CAPT Leonhardt, was OIC 1971-72); not an official Navy document - generator count differs from NavSource's three 100 kW sets. Boilers/evaporators corroborated independently by NavSource's 1972 condition note. Establishes machinery presence aboard this hull; contains no asbestos statement and does not itself prove asbestos use.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-05
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[7]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this 1944 emergency-yard-built Navy service craft was constructed - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. A non-propelled barge had a smaller plant than a steam warship - the inference rests on its boilers, hot-water/steam lines, evaporators, generators, and accommodation outfit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-06
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[8]Cross-source reconciliation: NavSource APL-30 page; NavalCoverMuseum 'APL 30' page (navalcovermuseum.org); Shipscribe APL-2 class page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum 'Ship Name and Designation History' timeline; NavSource narrative/specifications; Shipscribe construction/disposition tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged: (a) Tow-to-Subic date - NavSource states April 1972 in poor material condition; NavalCoverMuseum states 'Towed to Naval Base Subic Bay April 1975,' internally inconsistent with the February 1975 sale and treated as a transcription error for April 1972. (b) Disposal - NavSource records 'sold for scrapping, 1 February 1975' by DRMS while Shipscribe records strike 1974-06-15 and disposal 1975-02-20; the 1 Feb vs 20 Feb dates are carried as sale vs disposal-processing dates pending a controlling primary record. (c) Return-to-service - NavalCoverMuseum lists 'Placed In Service 1969' for the second in-service period, but NavSource's campaign credits begin with Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase V (1 July 1968); the 1969 figure conflicts with mid-1968 campaign credit and is carried as a discrepancy, not a finding. (d) Armament - NavSource lists 'as built: none' while Shipscribe class data lists original armament 4-20mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1968-1975
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among secondary/transcription sources; none affects identity or the asbestos assessment. Controlling primary records (deck logs, NVR extract, DRMS sale record) were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-07
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[9]Batch-2485 search ledger (this record): NavSource; Shipscribe; NavalCoverMuseum; NARA SL-44; VA ship-list mirrors; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches; general web asbestos/litigation sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-30-apl30-01 through sl-uss-apl-30-apl30-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos record located: CourtListener opinion search on exact token "APL-30" returned 2 hits, both name collisions (In re Order Amending Pa. R. Civ. P. 1910.16-2/-4, Pa. 2015 - rule-docket material; Robinson v. Oklahoma Fire Ins. Co., 1916 Okla. - predates the craft); CourtListener docket search on "APL-30" returned 36 hits, all unrelated 'APL' corporate parties (APL Cargo, APL Maritime/American President Lines) or document/exhibit-code matches in unrelated Court of Federal Claims matters - none naming the Navy craft; web-level searches for APL-30 with asbestos/mesothelioma/BVA returned no asbestos proceeding naming the hull; no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or government report naming APL-30 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built auxiliary carrying boilers, evaporators, generators and air conditioning is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. CourtListener searches covered the hull token 'APL-30'; the craft has no name other than its hull designation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-08
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[10]NARA Special List 44 (archives.gov); NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 24 deck-log series description [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 entry for APL-30; NARA deck-log program description pages
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) NARA holds APL-30 logbooks April 11 - July 31, 1945 per Special List 44; Vietnam-era deck logs for this craft's 1968-1972 Mekong Delta service would sit in the RG 24 deck-log series (many Vietnam-era logs digitized on catalog.archives.gov) but were not confirmed for this hull. (b) BuShips/BuSandA construction and outfitting specifications for the APL design group, and Everett-Pacific contract records, could contain material schedules. (c) DRMS disposal file for the February 1975 sale would confirm buyer and scrapping site.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1975 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-30-apl30-09